Deadly Game
She had dived headfirst into the absolute deepest, most dangerous end of the criminal underworld, building a rival shadow empire right under my nose just to drag me off my throne.
On the satellite feed, the masked woman suddenly stopped running. It was as if she knew the camera was tracking her. She tilted her head back, staring directly up into the lenses of my hidden security drone. Slowly, deliberately, she raised her hand and extended two fingers, tapping the side of her temple in a mocking, lethal salute.
The screen instantly cut to static. Connection Lost.
I stood frozen in the center of the dark penthouse, a manic, dangerous laugh bubbling up from my throat. It was a terrifying, beaut